Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue

Pembroke Pines, FL · Broward County. Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 257 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

257
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+818%
vs. Florida average
6
stations
$509,220
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
50/100
Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity A
42.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$1,981 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
257 personnel · 6 stations

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Pembroke Pines, FL (Broward County), with 6 stations and 257 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #149 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $509,220.

  • National personnel rank #149 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #14 of 352
  • 2.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 27 other listed departments in Broward County

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

257 Top 1% higher than 99% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 10082 · Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue, FL 257 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 257
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #149
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boise City
  • FEMA-MID $509K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Boise City Fire Department, ID (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every FL department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Pembroke Pines, FL
FDID
10082

FEMA Grant History

$509K
Cumulative funding (FY2014)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2014 EMW2013FO02455 $509,220

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #14 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #149 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 818% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster geometry

Broward County HIFLD mix around Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue

Broward County: 41 departments, 2,435 personnel (2 volunteer / 16 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 257 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Boise City Fire Department, ID (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 257 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.

Boise City Fire Department, ID 257 Paterson Fire Department, NJ 256 Scottsdale Fire Department, AZ 259 Hall County Fire Services, GA 259 Springfield Fire Department, MA 253 Suffolk Department of Fire and Rescue, VA 253 New Bedford Fire Department, MA 262 Garland Fire Department, TX 251

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue have?

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue has 257 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 818% above the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #149 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #14 of 352 by personnel.

Does Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue operate?

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue?

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Broward County, FL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $509,220 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2014.

How many fire departments are in Florida?

Florida has 758 fire departments with 21,048 total personnel. 24% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.